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Fritz Vollrath

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Publications

241

Citations

21.5K

H-Index

81

Active since

1973

Affiliations

University of Oxford(Current)

Aarhus University

Fudan University

Save the Elephants

University of Sheffield

Fritz Vollrath is an author at University of Oxford specializing in engineering, biophysics, and materials science.

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EngineeringBiophysicsMaterial ScienceBiologyMedicineEntomologyMechanical EngineeringSoft MatterNatural SciencesEvolutionary Biology

Publications per year

1973–2023

240

Publications

241

Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk

Fritz Vollrath, David P. Knight · Nature · 2001 · 1.6K citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Spider Silk +4

Surprising strength of silkworm silk

Zhengzhong Shao, Fritz Vollrath · Nature · 2002 · 979 citations · Full text

Silkworm Silk, Textile Fibre

The molecular structure of spider dragline silk: Folding and orientation of the protein backbone

Jacco D. van Beek, Fritz Vollrath, Beat H. Meier · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 497 citations · Full text

Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk

Yi Liu, Zhengzhong Shao, Fritz Vollrath · Nature Materials · 2005 · 303 citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Mechanical Properties +5

Spider and mulberry silkworm silks as compatible biomaterials

Osnat Hakimi, David P. Knight, Fritz Vollrath et al. · Composites Part B Engineering · 2006 · 296 citations

Biomimetic Materials, Biomimetic Polymer, Mulberry Silkworm Silks

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